Vision of Escaflowne:
Silent Attack

Chapter Twelve – Chains that Bind, Broken Forever

Van could feel his life flowing away slowly and he knew that he was loosing a lot of blood to the battle that was going on.  He stumbled a bit in his Escaflowne.  He had just dealt Black Escaflowne a long wicked gash across its left hip and now he was paying the price for it.  I have to survive, he thought to himself as he steadied himself then glared at the Black Escaflowne, his breathing hard and labored.

“You know…you could just give this up.  At this rate, you will die,” Letkus taunted in a simple voice and Van growled in the back of his throat.

“I don’t give up anything,” he replied as he winced a bit.  He let go of one of the controls for a moment and gingerly touched his left hip.  It was bleeding all right…the deepest wound he had received so far since he started to battle Black Escaflowne.

He hoped that Allen and the others were faring well and took a quick glance towards where the Mystic Moon was settled behind the mountains surrounding the Wandering Earth.

“Hmm…persistent aren’t you, King Van?” Letkus purred and Van gritted his teeth.  Enough was enough…he was getting sick and tired of Letkus’ ramblings.

Van tried to even out his breathing, and ignored the fiery pain that was spreading throughout his veins and body.  He closed his eyes and settled into a position that he had tried so hard to learn from his mentor Balgus.  Van held his sword up near his right cheek then opened his eyes and gave a steely look at Black Escaflowne.  He was going to stop this once and for all.

He charged at Black Escaflowne, bringing out his sword from its position to a swift charge, aimed at the head where the pilot sat.  He focused his gaze on the glowing green eyes of Black Escaflowne and thrusted the sword towards the faceplate of the guymelef…

Van suddenly found himself floating in a light of yellow bubbles.  He glanced around, wondering why was he here.  What the heck? He wondered then turned around and saw Hitomi, her eyes closed and she was holding something in her hands.  “Hitomi?” Van asked, but she didn’t answer him as she passed by him.

He got a glimpse at the thing that was in his hand and saw a glowing tendril-ball that was trying to break free.  He realized that she was trying to help him, trying to ease the pain that he felt.  Thank you Hitomi…he thought as he watch her pass.

Suddenly another figure appeared and Van’s eyes widened a few inches in shock as he saw Letkus standing in front of Hitomi, an evil look on his face.  He watched as she let go of the tendril that was in her hand and watched the tendril make its way towards Letkus.  No…he realized that something was going to go wrong.  “No!  Hitomi!  Don’t!”

But his calls went unanswered and he watched as Letkus’ eyes briefly glowed a fiery red and he saw the weird energy ball thing appear in his hand.  He reached out a hand to stop the tendril, or whatever it was; he had a bad feeling about it…

Van suddenly found himself back in the cockpit of Escaflowne.  He heard an explosion behind him and turned to see the Mystic Moon falling towards the Wandering Earth, flame burning near the back of the ship.  But with Gaddes’ fine-tune control over the ship, he managed to safely land near the edge of the Wandering Earth’s deep pit.  He breathed a sigh of relief then winced as pain shot up through his hip and ribs.  Then he noticed something falling in the Wandering Earth.  Hitomi…he thought to himself as he faintly recognized the falling figure.  He realized that Hitomi had somehow been knocked unconscious with the tendril thing she was guiding in the brief…whatever it was…and now she was falling into the Wandering Earth, where the heart of the evil was.

“Oh well…looks like that’s one less psychic to worry about for the future of Gaia,” Letkus sneered and Van turned and glared at him.

“You…” he seethed then suddenly brought his sword up to parry Letkus’ sudden charge at him.  He couldn’t get to Hitomi and by the way things were, no one would be able to save her.  Van waited for the impact of the sword, but felt none.  A black shadow was blocking his view and he recognized the outline of the figure as his knight, Gyei von Colewrich’s guymelef, the Tiberian.

“Gyei…” Van whispered as he stared at the Tiberian’s cloaked back, the insignia of the Fanelian Kingdom on its back billowing in the wind.

“Lord Van!  Save Hitomi!  I’ll handle Astian here,” Merle’s voice suddenly shouted from within the Tiberian and Van stared at the guymelef incredulously.

“Merle?!”

“Go, Lord Van!  Go!” Merle’s voice was somehow a bit deeper and Van snapped out of his stupor as he realized that Gyei’s spirit had somehow taken control of Merle’s body and used it to pilot his Tiberian.

He flipped a few switches within Escaflowne and it suddenly flipped into dragon-mode.  Van caught a night-thermal, a dragon-wind, and dove down towards the Wandering Earth.  He glanced behind him to see the Tiberian start a fight with Black Escaflowne, trying to prevent it from going after him.  Thank you Gyei…Merle…he thought as he plunged downwards, not caring about the screaming pain of his wounds.  He had to save her…

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Van caught the dragon-wind and plunged down towards where he could faintly make out Hitomi’s falling form.  He gripped the reins that controlled Escaflowne in its dragon-mode tighter and swerved around the levistones that were inside of the Wandering Earth.  This used to be a hiding place for his brother’s floating fortress back in the early days of the Gaia War, but it was now abandoned for a new evil to inhabit it.

This evil has to go; he thought grimly as he approached Hitomi’s falling form then reached out with his hand.  “Hitomi!” he shouted, trying to wake her up.  “Hitomi!”

He gripped the two reins in one hand as he reached over and tried to grab onto Hitomi’s uniform with his free hand.  The dragon-wind was lessening, he could tell.  He would only have one chance to grab her before Escaflowne completely lost its dragon-wind and fell.  He struggled to keep Escaflowne aloft, “Hitomi!”

Van watched as her eyes snapped open suddenly then he grabbed her hand and pulled her towards him, the stretching on his injuries making him wince a bit.  He pulled her close to him and looked deeply into her green eyes.

“A King should never lose his Queen,” he whispered to her.

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Hitomi blinked at his words and realized that Van was proposing to her.  She felt slightly dizzy at the prospect, as if a flood of emotions swarmed their way into her mind.  She felt happy, elated, joyful, and concerned at the same time.  She knew that in her heart she wanted to marry Van, but she didn’t expect it to be like this.  Hitomi took a deep breath then let it out slowly.  He had saved her again and she knew that she wanted to be with him forever.

“Yes…A Queen must stay faithfully at her husband’s side, forever,” she replied then was suddenly cut off as Van kissed her deeply.  She could feel the electric tingle run through her mind then it suddenly ended as he parted from her.  She felt a warm feeling erupt on her cheeks and realized that she was blushing.  “Van…” she whispered then noticed his wounds around his body and face.

“Van!  You’re injured!” she looked him over as he piloted Escaflowne in its dragon-mode straight up from where she was falling. It was a complete vertical climb and she could see that Van was having a hard time keeping Escaflowne in control and hold onto her at the same time.  Suddenly she saw something above falling down towards her…

There was pure evil in the liquid drop that was falling towards her, she could see it.  It was made from the evil that had not retreated when the Gaia War ended three years ago.  And it was after her.

She ducked, trying to avoid the black drop…then a sudden swoosh of white appeared and Hitomi opened her eyes to see Van shielding her from the liquid rain that was falling on top of them with his white wings.  Van…she thought silently as she watch him struggle with Escaflowne.

“Faster…faster…” he whispered and Hitomi felt a shudder of transformation going within Escaflowne.  She grabbed onto Van’s waist and felt him shy away in pain, as Escaflowne suddenly burst into its rocket-mode and shot towards the open night sky.

They shot high above the battle in Escaflowne’s rocket-mode and then suddenly the rockets disappeared and Escaflowne hovered in the night sky, its wings fluttering slightly.  Hitomi released herself from Van and stepped back and took a real good look at him.

His rusty red shirt was a bit tattered on the back where his wings had broken through, but they did not rip his shirt apart.  His wings were a pure white color, but…she bit back a cry of horror.  Van was almost drenched in his own blood, various cuts and wounds on him from his battle with Black Escaflowne and the damage he had taken from his own guymelef.  “You’re hurt…badly,” she whispered as he turned around and gave her a faint smile.

“Don’t worry Hitomi…it’s not that bad,” he managed to get out before doubling over in pain, almost loosing one of the reins that controlled Escaflowne.

Hitomi narrowed her eyes in anger and glared at the Black Escaflowne who was fighting with an unknown guymelef, but the guymelef had the Fanelian crest on the back of its cloak.  She stood next to Van and placed a hand around his waist, avoiding the deep gash on his left side.  “Van…let me take the pain away from you,” she whispered then placed her hand on his cheek.

“No…d-don’t need you…to suffer too,” Van managed to get out in between gasps but Hitomi shook her head slightly.

“A Queen must also bear some of the King’s responsibility…don’t worry Van,” she whispered in his ear then closed her eyes and concentrated.  She reached deep into her psyche and found the same tendril of light that had been thrown back to her.  This time little one…I need your guidance, she thought to it then lead it towards Van’s psyche.  She let the tendril go and suddenly felt all of Van’s pain wash upon her.

It was as if she was thrown head first into a concrete wall at forty-five kilometers per hour.  The pain poured over her wave, after wave and she felt her legs get weak, she was about to pass out when she felt something soft and feathery touching her and in her mind’s eye she saw one of Van’s wings trying to support her.  She absorbed most of whatever Van was feeling and managed to crack open one eye as she was held close to him.

“Attack…B-Black…Escaflowne,” she whispered before she closed her eyes again and concentrated harder.  She knew that she had to get the two Escaflownes near each other for her to merge them together again.  She knew that she had the power to do it; after all, she was connected to both of them psychically if not physically.

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Van felt Hitomi’s grip on him slacken and he looked down at her to see her unconscious by the pain she had absorbed from him.  She had said to attack Black Escaflowne but what good would it do if she were injured in the process.  He hesitated, wondering if he should follow what she had told him to do.  He didn’t want to see his beloved hurt so badly, especially since she was already unconscious.  I have to trust my own feelings…he frowned slightly then glanced down to where the Tiberian was fighting Black Escaflowne.  Merle, who was miraculously piloting the guymelef, had managed not to get a single scratch on her ‘melef, but Van knew that she couldn’t hold out for long, especially since she didn’t have any training, and with Gyei’s spirit within her, she was probably mentally exhausted too.

Follow your feelings Van…trust me, Hitomi’s voice suddenly filtered through his mind and he stiffened as he saw images.

He saw Escaflowne fighting Black Escaflowne, the two of them on a head on collision course…suddenly something happened that made Escaflowne become whole again.  The Black and White flashed together and a blue column of light surrounded both guymelefs…

Van snapped out of the vision and looked down at Hitomi who somehow, had an intense concentrated look on her face.  With a stark realization, Van understood what Hitomi was trying to do.  Yes…I trust you.

He twisted one of the reins on Escaflowne and its sword dropped out and the dragon’s claw gripped it tightly.  Even Escaflowne knew what it was going to do and Van guided it towards the battle between the Tiberian and Black Escaflowne.  He held Hitomi closer to him as he dived down towards Black Escaflowne.

“Bring…together,” Hitomi whispered suddenly and Van glanced at her for a moment before returning his gaze on the glowing green eyes of Black Escaflowne.  He saw a glint of metal that was the Tiberian hopping back and he took the advantage to fold up Escaflowne’s wings and the guymelef dropped like a stone towards Black Escaflowne.

As Escaflowne hurled towards the Black Escaflowne, a sudden column of blue light appeared and surrounded the two guymelefs…

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Hitomi concentrated hard, as she could see with her mind’s eye, Escaflowne diving down towards Black Escaflowne.  She felt disoriented, like she was watching the whole proceeding from someone else’s eyes, but that was a secondary concern to her as she focused on the power of Atlantis, and the powers that had been given to her.  She knew that somewhere within her she had the ability to wipe out the evil that was crawling out of the Wandering Earth, but she didn’t know if it was possible, until now.  Now she was sure as with the tendril of light that she had guided…

Letkus Astian and the liquid things were afraid of her power…she realized when she was falling into the Wandering Earth.  She knew then what she had to do to stop this new evil from consuming Gaia.  She slowly opened her eyes and found that the drag-energist Escaflowne was holding in a claw was glowing brightly as was the pendent Van was wearing around his neck.

Now…a voice seemed to call to her and she completely channeled her power into both the drag-energist and the pendent.

A sudden blue column formed around the two Escaflownes and Hitomi closed her eyes again.  Please let the two Escaflownes join as one…united to defeat all evil.  Let Atlantis repent for what it has done…she pleaded silently as she could somehow see the meshing of the Black and the White.  She opened her eyes again and time seemed to slow down drastically.  She saw Astian leaping out of the Black Escaflowne’s cockpit, or what was left of it, and plunge down into the Wandering Earth.  His head turned slowly and Hitomi recoiled slightly at the cold, death-like look he gave her…

Suddenly the blue column disappeared and Hitomi saw the world spinning before her eyes before she collapsed into Van’s arms.

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Allen yanked the arm of one of the liquid Peridian guymelefs off of the face of his Scherazade then glanced around to see if there were anymore for him to deal with.  When he was about to fly into the Wandering Earth to save Hitomi, they had jumped him simultaneously.  It had taken him a while for him to fight off the guymelefs, but he saw Escaflowne free itself from its battle with the aid of what looked like a Fanelian guymelef.  Allen had faintly recognized the guymelef’s design, but he knew that he had seen it before.

Minutes later Escaflowne came rocketing out of the Wandering Earth then suddenly hovered in the air when it plunged down at what looked to be a suicide run at Black Escaflowne.  That’s when he got the arm on the face of his Scherazade.

Allen turned and watched as the Escaflowne dropped like a stone towards Black Escaflowne who had turned its attention to the falling white object…he suddenly gasped slightly as a blue column of light surrounded both Escaflowne and Black Escaflowne. “That light…could Hitomi be?” he wondered out loud as he remembered the blue column of light that was the connection to the Mystic Moon.

He held up a hand against the bright glare of the column and squinted his eyes, trying to see what was happening with the blue column…  Did Hitomi summon the blue light in order to transport the evil to her world?  Or was the Mystic Moon calling her back in their greatest time of need?  Out of the corner of his eyes he saw that some of the liquid guymelefs were reacting to the blue light…almost as if they were in pain he thought to himself as the glare became brighter.  Just as it became blinding, the blue column suddenly vanished and Allen blinked in surprise at what he saw.

Black Escaflowne had disappeared and only the Escaflowne remained…but Letkus Astian was no where to be seen…

Suddenly there was a wailing sound that pierced the battlefield.  Allen covered his ears against the horrible sound and looked around for the source.  He saw that the liquid things were still withering in pain and realized that it was them that were making the noise.  The wailing noise became louder and louder, until it was drowned out by an ominous rumbling.

Allen tried to steady himself as he felt the ground around him start to shake uncontrollably.  He looked into the Wandering Earth and saw that the various levistones that were inside of it were glowing in an odd way.  They’re gonna explode! He realized with stark clarity then took a hasty look at his Mystic Moon.  He saw most of the crew running towards the mountains, some of the other countries’ guymelefs behind them, trying to protect them from the earthquake.  Another tremor shook the ground that he was on and he activated Scherazade’s flying mode.

He hovered in the air and looked to see East still engaged with an evil looking guymelef.  They were fighting dangerously near the Wandering Earth, and the levistones were glowing brighter by the minute.  I have to get her out…Allen thought with grim determination as he flew towards the battle.

That’s when the Wandering Earth exploded…

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East knew that there was danger in the Wandering Earth when she saw Escaflowne emerge from its radical transformation in the blue column of light.  I knew you could do it Hitomi…you have Atlantis’ power within you…she had thought when Escaflowne emerged, reabsorbing its dark counterpart.  The odd thing was that her brother didn’t seem to be anywhere and that worried her.  But that’s the least of my concerns now…now is the time in which I will kill Marine’s murderer as a knight of Atlantis should.

She could see the ripples of tremors roll through where the Crosswind stood, but she didn’t care, and she could tell that Scina didn’t care either.  She knew that with Escaflowne being whole again, its hidden power activated the levistones within the Wandering Earth and they began to react to the evil around it, setting themselves to explode to destroy the evil in one shot.  And the liquid evil seem to understand that too as they wailed all their misery out.  But Scina Abira’s Crosswind didn’t seem to do a thing…

She must have been taken over by the darkness within her, just like Alseides was…East thought then cleared her mind as she focused on her task at hand.  In the back of her mind she could feel the explosion happening very soon and she had to plan out her attack quickly and precisely.

She caught another dragon-wind and flew high above the air where she settled herself into a familiar position of her Shiki Air Stance.  East tipped her wings and folded them around her, not too closely, but not too far.  She dropped like a boulder towards the Crosswind.  Suddenly there was a loud explosion and out of the corner of her eye she saw the levistones explode at the same time, the destructive wave of fire and energy shooting out of the Wandering Earth and spread itself out.

East could feel the heat of the wave coming behind her and she steeled herself to concentrate.  She was going to use it to her fullest-

Suddenly a metal hand clamped around her and she felt herself dragged from her target.  She glanced up to see Scherazade’s form and she narrowed her eyes in anger.  “Allen Sche-“ she never got to finish as the wave of energy came blasting into the Scherazade full force.  East felt the wind and heat around her, but it was much cooler than what she had expected as the Scherazade held her close.

After what felt like an eternity, she was released and East flew towards the faceplate of the Scherazade.  “Allen Schezar!  How could you?  How could you disobey the Knight’s Code?!” she yelled at the golden faceplate, the tips of her wings fluttering in anger.

“Its not the only time I have disobeyed the code,” was Allen’s evasive reply and East felt herself actually liking his reply instead of getting angry.  She opened her mouth to counter his bantering when suddenly she felt something hot and fiery impact her on the back, knocking her to the ground.

“East!” she faintly heard Allen’s anxious call as she struggled to get up.  She hissed a bit in pain as sand and dust bit into the ki-blast burn on her back.  She took a quick look at her wings and found that they were undamaged then turned around to face her attacker.  Her silent attacker and her silent attack.

“Princess Scina Abira…daughter of the Peridian kingdom, murderer of the Atlantis people during the Purges.  You have lived too long,” East pronounced slowly and quietly, holding her sword loosely as she stepped forward.

“Lieutenant-Delmi East Caeli Rali…daughter of Atlantis, killer of the human race during the height of Draconian power.  You have lived too long,” Scina murmured as she smiled a cat’s smile, slinking forward then stopped and drew her stance which East had seen her do when she had killed Marine.

“The Anazati Slewing Stance…I see that you still use that,” East said out loud then thought to herself, you old crone…you only use your black magic to hide your real age.  Can you actually defeat someone who is only considered a late twenties person in Gaian life?  “Since you use that, then I will use this…”

She closed her eyes briefly before opening them and switched her sword to her right hand before resheathing it.  It was another technique that rivaled her Shiki Stance, except she used her right hand to draw out the sword.  If worst came to worst, she would be able to switch hands and automatically use her Shiki Air on Scina.  But she hoped that she didn’t have to…

She let her breath come out even as she watched Scina closely…she knew that she would only have one shot to kill the Princess before her own stance left her in the open.

“Here I come,” Scina whispered in a deadly quiet voice then suddenly blurred from East’s sight.

East blinked then counted slowly…One…two…thr-she suddenly drew out her sword with blinding speed and countered Scina’s overhead blow.  East then crouched and scythed her legs through Scina’s.  She flipped backwards once as Scina took the fall into a gracefully roll.  Firing a ki-ball at Scina, East tilted her head to avoid a powdered-ki ball from Scina herself then charged at her.  Shiki Air Stance, she reminded herself as she flipped the hilt of the sword to her left hand.

“Stance one,” East whispered to herself as she poised her sword on the tip of her outstretched right hand.  She bent her left hand down like a lever and her right hand guided the blade towards Scina’s Anazati Double Cut stance.

The impact of both blades left sparks flying everywhere as Scina hopped a bit backwards and East did the same.  East glanced at her crystal-metal sword and found that there was a tiny hairline crack.  Not good, she reminded herself as she prepared the second stance.  This one was a horizontal stance.

She poised herself then charged at Scina who had a wicked look on her face.  East thrust the sword towards Scina’s chest then closed it and kicked the Princess full in the chest.  Suddenly she felt the flaring pain of a sword drawing across her rib cage and she leapt back, her right hand holding the deep gash that Scina had drew across her mid-line.  It was bleeding a bit moderately, but she knew that it would heal eventually.

“I seem to be doing better than you,” Scina taunted and East narrowed her eyes dangerously.

“Old crone,” she grated out then prepared her third stance, ignoring the fiery pain of her burned back and her gash across her front.  She tried to even out her rapid breathing and focused on the end tip of the crystal-like sword.  The blade glistened in the light of the Mystic Moon, some parts of it dripping with blood.  Closing her eyes she remembered Marine’s light baritone voice, and his words on her first sword lesson  Peace…calm…let the sword work from you…you control it, not it control you… 

East snapped open her eyes, aware that they were glowing crimson red.  She yelled a war cry and charged at Scina, who also countered with her own cry.

East ducked underneath her blade that was to slice her chest open and slammed the tip of the crystal blade up towards Scina’s chest.  She smiled grimly as the blade pierced the Princess’ chest and straight into her heart.  “Shiki Air Stance, Third Form,” she whispered then twisted the blade and yanked it out.

Spinning around she gritted her teeth and sliced through the mortally wounded Princess’ head, killing her in an instant.  East watched as Scina’s head rolled from her body and down towards the Wandering Earth where it fell into the depths, never to be seen again.  She turned and kicked the kneeled body then saw something flash that was on Scina’s neck.  A necklace with a blue pendent on it…

Before the body hit the soft earth East reached over and grabbed the necklace and pendent.  “This was Marine’s,” she said is a soft but slightly gruff voice as she placed the necklace on her neck then flicked blood off her sword and sheathed it.

She turned around and walked away, never looking back.

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Chapter Thirteen – Mystic Eyes of a Dove

One month later…

Van was breathless with anticipation as he fidgeted slightly in his royal uniform.  His servants had told him that the outfit he wore was the same one his father used to wear when he married…and Van felt something familiar about it.  He glanced around the hall in which he and Hitomi were to be married in…the spacious walls and high ceiling gave the organs a loud sound, but that sound was of a wonderful tune.

“Milord, keep fidgeting and you might worry the guests,” East’s voice whispered to him and he turned slightly to acknowledge his knight.  East hadn’t talked much after her battle and was silent when she was treated for her injuries.  The odd thing was that she was wearing the same kind of pendent Hitomi had, except it was blue color.

“I know…but…I can’t wait,” he whispered back to her then suddenly straightened as from the other side of the hall, the doors opened slowly and the first of the handmaidens stepped through.  Merle was among them, dressed in a beautiful white gown that accented her cat-like figure.

Van smiled slightly as Merle approached the altar in which he was standing next to.  She had climbed out of the Tiberian looking exhausted, and Van had seen the spirit of his knight, Gyei, standing over her then disappearing.  Merle had been all right and had devoted herself to Hitomi’s well being…and speaking of Hitomi…

“I helped her with the dress,” East commented slightly then shut up as Van felt as if his heart had caught in his throat and stayed there.

She was an angel.

The dress was a mix of what Asturian dresses were made out of and a mix of something he did not recognize.  She must have gotten material from the Mystic Moon…he realized as he watched her walk up towards him and the altar.  As she passed by the many pews he could hear the faint gasps of awe at her sparkling white dress that trailed a little.  It was cut to her neckline, and left her shoulders bare and her brown-blonde hair artfully decorated with crystal dewdrops that was also on her veil.

Van took a quick look at the first two rows of guests that had high priority on their list.  Allen, Queen Millernia and King Dryden were sitting with Hitomi’s family and her best friend Yukari.  Also sitting with them was someone who looked a lot like Allen, but Hitomi had told him that that was Amano Sumusu, a good friend of hers.  Along with that group was also Prince Chid and Celena, Allen’s sister.

He returned his gaze to Hitomi and stepped forwards tentatively, afraid that it was all a dream…  He took her arm and gently led her to the altar where the bishop stood, waiting for them, a proud smile on his face.

Van took a look at Hitomi and caught her deep green eyes.  I love you, Hitomi, he thought to her, oblivious to what the bishop was saying in the introduction.  This was the moment he had been waiting for…

The pendent around his neck glowed a warm and friendly pink color…

Escaflowne, standing in its imposing, but regal form, glowed slightly from its drag-energist heart…

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~Fini~

Author’s Notes:

Wow…it has taken me at least a year to finish this story.  After countless of hours of researching Escaflowne things and not even watching the movie…I am proud to say that this has been a good story to write.  I don’t know if there will be a sequel to this story, but that is in the thinking works right now.  I have a lot of other stories to complete and finish, so…  Anyways, I hoped you enjoyed Silent Attack and hope that you’ll continue to read and review my other stories.  Thank you to all those who have been so patient with this story to finish.  Check you guys later!  Oh, if you want to find my other stories instead of browsing fanfiction.net, you can check out
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